The Associated Press | PostedMar 21st - 10:09am

The Latest on the spring flood threat in the U.S. (all times local):

Rachel D'Oro, Associated Press | PostedMar 20th - 10:04pm

It was just after midnight on March 24, 1989, when an Exxon Shipping Co. tanker ran aground outside the town of Valdez, Alaska, spewing millions of gallons of thick, toxic crude oil into the pristine Prince William Sound.

Earth's ultimate survivors can weather extreme heat, cold, radiation and even the vacuum of space. Now the U.S. military hopes these tiny critters called tardigrades can teach us about true toughness.

A drama in which a submersible made an emergency ascent from 250 meters (820 feet) below the Indian Ocean was caused by condensation burning out a small motor in the cockpit, the director of the British-led Nekton Mission said on Wednesday.

The Associated Press | PostedMar 19th - 1:35pm

Experts say recent rain across much of Texas has contributed to a spectacular 2019 wildflowers season.

Felicia Fonseca, Associated Press | PostedMar 19th - 12:42pm

Seven states that rely on a major waterway in the U.S. West have finished a yearslong effort to create a plan to protect the Colorado River amid a prolonged drought, the federal government declared Tuesday.

NASA's plan to scoop up dirt and gravel from an asteroid has hit a snag, but scientists say they can overcome it.

Technicians investigating the cause of a subsea emergency in which a British scientist and her American pilot made a rapid ascent from 250 meters (820 feet) beneath the Indian Ocean on Tuesday now think it's unlikely it was caused by an electrical fire, though they are yet to come to a conclusion.